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The Subway

A special programme on the subway.

• 28 mins

The Subway

Laurie Taylor goes underground - from New York to Delhi.

• 28 mins

Exhaustion

Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.

• 28 mins

Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.

Exhaustion: is extreme fatigue a peculiarly modern phenomenon?

• 28 mins

Management Jargon

Management speech - what's behind this empty talk?

• 28 mins

Management Jargon

Why is meaningless speech in the workplace so ubiquitous?

• 28 mins

The Mafia - organised crime

The Mafia and organised crime.

• 28 mins

The Mafia - organised crime

The Mafia and organised crime from Sicily to Japan and the UK

• 28 mins

Sectarianisation - The Middle East

Sectarianisation - a new explanation for conflict across the Arab Islamic world.

• 28 mins

Sectarianisation - the Middle East

Laurie Taylor asks if a new theory offers an explanation for conflicts in the Arab world.

• 28 mins

Robots

Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non-dystopian look at future possibilities.

• 28 mins

Robots and AI

Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non dystopian look at future possibilities

• 28 mins

Restaurants - A Taste of Class

What are restaurants for? Laurie Taylor explores the many functions of dining out.

• 28 mins

The Restaurant: A Taste of Class

Laurie Taylor gets under the skin of the restaurant.

• 27 mins

Whither the Welfare State?

Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the welfare state.

• 28 mins

Whither the Welfare State?

Laurie Taylor examines the history of the welfare state.

• 27 mins

Hospices - Palliative Care

Laurie Taylor explores the history of 'easeful death'. Also, life in an English hospice.

• 28 mins

Hospices - Palliative Care

Laurie Taylor explores end of life care through the ages.

• 28 mins

War In The Air

Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.

• 27 mins

War in the air

Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.

• 28 mins

Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation

Marxism - does it have any contemporary relevance? Also, 'red' globalisation.

• 28 mins

Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation

Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey, world authority on Marx's thought.

• 27 mins

Affluence

Affluence - what does it mean?

• 28 mins

GDP, Mali music

GDP - what are its limits? Also, the music of Mali.

• 28 mins

Politics and Emotion

The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics.

• 28 mins

The New Economy

Finding work in the new economy and the death of homo economicus.

• 28 mins

The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in schools

Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.

• 28 mins

The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in Schools

Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.

• 28 mins

Christmas Television

Christmas television - an exploration of a very British tradition.

• 28 mins

Working-class actors, Class and classical music

Working-class actors, Class and classical music.

• 28 mins